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Date: | Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:47:35 -0400 |
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There was some nice activity at Areas M and N of the Hoover Nature
Preserve today. The probable top on the list was a Lesser Black-backed Gull. Jim
Fry had been searching for it in the area of the docks above Hoover Dam. It
had been previously reported at that location several times. For Jim –
Nada. He gave me a call as he was looking for his FOY Prothonotary Warbler and
a Red-headed Woodpecker, both of which I had reported the day before. We
went to Areas M/N in Galena and quickly got Jim his Prothonotary Warbler, a
beautiful male who was all showoff. As we began to head for the Red-headed
Woodpecker nest site we stopped to view the Osprey at Platform No. 2 and
in the background we noticed a line of gulls on the boardwalk. Closer
inspection disclosed that the elusive Lesser Black-backed Gull might be sitting
in the middle of the group. We circled around picking up the Red-headed
Woodpecker on the way and headed out on the boardwalk at Area M. There among
the Ring-billed Gulls were about 7 Herring Gulls, a dozen Bonaparte’s Gulls,
5-6 Common Terns, and the Lesser Black-backed Gull. Later scanning the
water off the boardwalk we spotted a flotilla of Common Loons in breeding
plumage and a merganser hen. Tree, Barn and Rough-winged Swallows were do
aerobatics over the water, snatching insects in mid-air. Last, the Osprey changed
shifts at the nest platform. One adult soared in, and then the other left
the nest with the newcomer snuggling down on the nest. After a break for
dinner I returned with my wife and we watched an adult land with a fish. Both
adults took position at the edge of the nest and little heads popped up
looking for their dinners.
My total list for the day at Areas M and N follows.
Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve
SPECIES LIST
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Osprey
American Coot
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Common tern
Mourning Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
European Starling
Northern Parula
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
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